Respiratory System

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Chroonic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

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Group of lung diseases where airflow in the bronchial structures is obstructed

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Chronic bronchitis

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The airways become inflamed because of continued exposure to some type of irritant. Cells produce too much mucus and the walls of the air passage thicken, making it difficult to breath as well as coughing

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Emphysema

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Long-term loss of lung function that progresses over time. There is a decrease in the number of alveoli and progressive destruction of the walls of the alveoli resulting in rapid, shallow and difficult breathing

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Asthma

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Chronic inflammatiory disease of the bronchial tubes where the airway becomes inflamed and the bronchioles go into spasms, significantly reducing the airway

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Infections

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Also called human rhinovirus. Upper respiratory infections can affecy any or all parts of the upper respiratory sysem

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Allergic rhinitis

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Technical term for an sllergy, or an allergic reaction to an airborne allergen, resulting in increased mucus and inflammation of the lining of the nose

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Croup

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Acute respiratory infection in children and infants. Patients exhibit a barking cough or a high-pitched sound caused by blockage of the air passages upon inhalation

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Diphtheria

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Bacterial infection of the throat and upper resiratory tract. Infection produces toxins that damage the heart muscle and peripheral nervous system

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Influenza

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Flu and is caused by a viral infection leading to resiratory inflammation, fever, chills, and muscle pain

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Pertussis

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Also called whooping cough. Bacterial inflection of the upper respiratory system leading to cough, breathlessness, and noisy inhalation

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Sinusitis

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Inflammation of the sinuses

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Epistasis

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Nose bleed

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Pharyngitis

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Inflammation of the pharynx or a sore throat

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Laryngitis

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Inflammation of the larynx and is often associated with loss of voice

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Eupnea

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Normal breathing

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Apnea

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Temporary absence of spontaneous breathing

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Bradypnea

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Abnormally slow breathing, or respiration rate, typically at the rate of 10 breaths per minute or less

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Tachypnes

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Abnormally fast rate of respiration, typically at the rate of 20 breaths per minute or faster

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Cheyne- Stokes respiration

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Irregular pattern of breathing where the rate alternates between rapid and shallow respiration followed by slower respiration or apnea

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Dyspnea

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Also called shortness of breath. Difficult or labored breathing

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Hypernea

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Breathing that is deeper and more rapid than normal breqathing at rest

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Hypopnea

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Shallow or slow respiration at rest

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Hyperventilation

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Abnormally rapid rate of deep respiration often associated with anxiety

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Anoxia

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Absence of oxygen from the body’s tissues and organs even though there is sufficient flow of blood

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Hypoxia

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Condition of having too little oxygen levels in the body's tissues and organs

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Altitude hypoxia

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Altitude sickness

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Asphyxia/ Asphyxiation

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Loss of consciousness that occurs when the body cannot get the oxygen it needs to function

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Cyanosis

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Bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by a lack of sufficient oxygen in the blood

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Hypercapnia

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Abnoemal builup of carbon dioxide in the blood

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Hypoxemia

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When person has low oxygen levels in the blood

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Respiratory failure

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Condition in which the level of oxygen in the blood becomes dangerously low or the level of carbon dioxode becomes dangerously high

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Sleep apnea

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Condition where breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep for periods long enough to cause a measurable decrease in blood oxygen levels

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)

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Caused by the mucles at the back of the throat relaxing and narrowing the airways

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Snoring

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Symptom of sleep apnea and refers to noisy breathing caused by vibration of the soft palate

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Peneumoconiosis

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Fibrosis of the lung tissues caused by dust in the lungs from the environment or a person's occupation

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Asbestosis

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Asbestos particles in the lungs from working or living in an environment with asbestos

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Silicosis

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Breathing insilica dust and occurs in specific occupations

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Pleurisy/ Pleuritis

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Inflammation of the membranes covering the lungs and pleural cavity

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Hemothorax

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Collection of blood in the pleural cavity typically caused by chest trauma

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Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

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Lung condition is caused by trauma, pneumonia, smoking, inhaled vomit, or sepsis

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Pulmonary edema

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Accumulation of fluid in the lung tissues and alveoli leading to swelling

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Pulmonary embolism

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Sudden blockage of a pulmonary artery by an embolus or a foreign body that has moved from another part of the body through the vessel

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Tuberculosis

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Infevtions disease caused by a specific bacterium leading to pleurisy and coughing up blood

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Pneumonia

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Inflammation of the lungs where the alveoli and air passages fill with pus and other fluids

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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

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Sudden and unexplainable death of an apparently healthy sleeping infant typically between 2 and 6 months old